Why do we always have to divide folks into fan clubs? Let's all just be fans of the Devils dammit
What fun would that be?
Why do we always have to divide folks into fan clubs? Let's all just be fans of the Devils dammit
We do!We don't have a single defender capable of being dominant.
I'm in the Play Santini Fan Club
Ah, debating a Severson play. It's definitely hockey season again.
I almost sharted at this, I laughed so hard. Haha.
I can't get enough Spiderman memes.
No, this is wrong, Severson shouldn't stick with McDavid, that's Greene's job here. McDavid and Lucic are very close together, where Greene can play the 2on1 with them to prevent a pass back to McDavid from Lucic, while sticking close enough to Lucic to keep him from going in for a deke. Lucic can either shoot or pass to Draisaitl based on Greene's positioning here. Greene plays this perfectly, and Severson blows his coverage.
@7:18 Greene and Severson are both positioned perfectly here. McDavid has the puck in the middle with Lucic to his left and Draisaitl to his right. McDavid can't really go between them, and Greene/Severson are in a good position to cover either player on the wing should McDavid make a pass.
@7:20 McDavid has stayed in the middle but cut slightly to his left, and slid a pass over to Lucic. Greene is in a perfect position to play the 2on1 here and either have Lucic try and force a pass to McDavid, who Greene is on, or take a shot on goal that Kinkaid should stop based on the angle and distance. At this point, Severson needs to cover the third option, the cross ice pass.
@7:21 Lucic passes to a wide open Draisaitl. Severson has his back to the pass and is doing absolutely nothing to contribute to defending this play. He's "covering" McDavid, as you can see from the image is already covered by his partner in Greene.
The entire job of a defenseman on an odd man rush is to prevent a clean cross ice pass or a deke on the goalie, as you severely limit your goalie's ability to make a save if that pass gets across. Severson blows his job here and leaves the most dangerous play wide open to cover a man who wasn't in a dangerous position and was already covered. McDavid does nothing special on this 3on2, and it's completely misleading to claim "oh it's McDavid what can you do?" when this was a textbook breakdown of defensive coverage. Teams run overlap plays and such specifically to draw defensemen out of position to open up passing and shooting lanes, but the reason they all just stayed in a straight line here is because there was no need to draw anyone out of position, Severson did it for them.
That's a more accurate description of my social life than I really want to admit.
One day I will make the trek to the Rock for a game or two and there will be a get together. And there will be drinks
I'm in the Play Santini Fan Club
I have been vocal in my belief that NJ should have given Santini the protected minutes they gave Lovejoy last season after Santini was unceremoniously exiled to the minors for failing on the top pairing.
This. I still believe this.
Santini needs to be playing in the NHL.
At this point sitting him just hurts his development, and I fail to see what Lovejoy brings that Santini doesnt, and if I'm going to suffer through mistakes on D, I want them to be made by the 23 year old still learning his position, not by the 34 year old trying to cling to an NHL roster spot.